About The Work
Lake Turkana, or the ‘Jade Sea’ is a vast body of water in Kenya’s far north. It is surrounded by a barren landscape of red and black volcanic rocks, where rain falls for little more than a week a year. Growing crops is all but impossible. In early April it is desperately hot and humid, the only slight relief coming from fierce hot winds that blow off the lake. When these stop the climate is debilitating.
This young girl belongs to the largest local group – the Turkana. The life of the Turkana is hard. The lack of rain forces the young warriors of the community to travel far from home in search of pasture to sustain their cattle and goats. Only when the rains arrive will they return. The rains thus signal a period of celebration, including the all night dancing and singing that young Turkana girls so enjoy.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in traditional ways of life.
Courtesy of Capital Culture Gallery
About John Kenny
C-type print with acrylic face mount
26.38 x 17.72 x 1.18 in
67.0 x 45.0 x 3.0 cm
This work is signed and titled on verso and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
About The Work
Lake Turkana, or the ‘Jade Sea’ is a vast body of water in Kenya’s far north. It is surrounded by a barren landscape of red and black volcanic rocks, where rain falls for little more than a week a year. Growing crops is all but impossible. In early April it is desperately hot and humid, the only slight relief coming from fierce hot winds that blow off the lake. When these stop the climate is debilitating.
This young girl belongs to the largest local group – the Turkana. The life of the Turkana is hard. The lack of rain forces the young warriors of the community to travel far from home in search of pasture to sustain their cattle and goats. Only when the rains arrive will they return. The rains thus signal a period of celebration, including the all night dancing and singing that young Turkana girls so enjoy.
John Kenny’s black and white photographic portraits are taken on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa and India. All shot with natural light and with the subjects in their day to day attire they reveal the pride and strength inherent in traditional ways of life.
Courtesy of Capital Culture Gallery
About John Kenny
The C-type prints are mounted with an acrylic face mount giving them a 3-dimensional appearance and a very contemporary feel.
- This work is framed. Frame measurements are 26.38" x 17.72" x 1.18".
- Also available at 90cm x 60cm in an edition of 12 and 135cm x 90cm in an edition of 3. Please enquire for details.
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